2019 anti-Muslim riots in Sri Lanka, Causes, Batticaloa Campus
Politicians and certain media outlets portrayed the Juffali-funded Batticaloa Campus as a "Sharia University", which commenced developments during the Rajapaksa cabinet. While sharia law, Islamic studies, and Islamic banking would be taught at the campus, there are no verifiable claims that the campus will be run by, or will exclusively teach, Sharia law. Mahamood Hizbullah, a key figure behind the project, also rejected the claims.


2019 anti-Muslim riots in Sri Lanka, Causes, Batticaloa Campus
On 8 May 2019, the President stated that the campus will be under the purview of the Ministry of Higher Education and Highways. When Hizbullah was questioned by the PSC it was revealed that the funding from Saudi Arabia violated Foreign Exchange Laws of Sri Lanka.


2019 anti-Muslim riots in Sri Lanka, Causes, Discovery of swords and weapons
Swords, weapons, and explosives were found in multiple locations and houses, including mosques, during countrywide raids.


2019 anti-Muslim riots in Sri Lanka, Causes, Discovery of swords and weapons
Controversy arose after some of the sword discoveries in mosques were defended by Minister of Muslim Religious Affairs Hashim Abdul Haleem as being items used to clear yards and surrounding shrubs around certain religious places. He also stated that camouflage uniforms were an isolated case where the clothing was for re-sale as proven with receipts. In the statement, he requested the Muslim community to cooperate with security, avoiding different types of face covering. Maduluwawe Sobitha Thero questioned the remarks, and urged Muslim leaders to stop humiliating the entire country by making such statements.


2019 anti-Muslim riots in Sri Lanka, Causes, Discovery of swords and weapons
Further searches were conducted on 3 May 2019, in Peradeniya University premises, and suspicious locations in Moneragala, Anuradhapura, Katugastota, Puttalam, Kekirawa, Balapitiya, Welimada, and several other major areas. Pistols, NTJ literature/DVDs/CDs, T-56 rifles, ammunition rounds, swords, iron balls, bore 12 guns, machetes, and a stock of warlike items, were among those recoveries in the areas.


2019 anti-Muslim riots in Sri Lanka, Causes, Facebook post
On 13 May 2019, a shopkeeper identified as 38-year-old Abdul Hameed Mohamed Hasmar had posted a Facebook comment titled "Don't laugh more, 1 day u will cry". Rioters mistook the post as a warning of an imminent threat, and launched a mob attack destroying his textile shop and vandalising a nearby mosque. Police fired warning shots to disperse the crowd, with a curfew imposed until dawn, social media was blocked. The incident sparked more rioting and incidents in other parts of the country. The author of the Facebook post, as well as a group of unnamed men who attacked Muslim-owned businesses, were arrested.


2019 attacks on Burkina Faso
In 2019 there have been many attacks in Burkina Faso on both soldiers and civilians.


2019 attacks on Burkina Faso, Silgadji
On 28 April 2019, a pastor, his two sons and two worshippers were killed at a Protestant church in Silgadji.


2019 attacks on Burkina Faso, Sanmatenga Province
On 12 May 2019, at least 20 attackers shot dead six people in a church in Dablo Department, Sanmatenga Province, Centre-Nord Region. They then set fire to the church, a shop and two vehicles.


2019 attacks on Burkina Faso, Sanmatenga Province
On 8 September 2019 in the Sanmatenga Province, Burkina Faso. In the Barsalogho Department a vehicle transporting people and goods, that was returning from a market, drove over an improvised explosive device (IED). 15 passengers were killed and six were injured in the IED attack. Most of the victims were traders. Meanwhile, around 50km to the east, a convoy with vans carrying provisions for people displaced by fighting was attacked by gunmen. In this attack, 14 people were killed. It is unknown who carried out this attacks.


2019 attacks on Burkina Faso, Oudalan Province
The attack on the Burkina Faso Mosque occurred on the evening of Friday, 11 October 2019 in a mosque in northern Burkina Faso which left 16 people dead and two injured. It happened while the residents were praying inside the Grand Mosque in Salmossi, a village close to the border with Mali. AFP reported that 13 people died on the spot while 3 died later due to the injuries.


2019 attacks on Burkina Faso, Fada N'gourma Department
On 6 November 2019, gunmen ambushed a convoy transporting workers of the Canadian mining firm Semafo near the city of Fada N'gourma, on a road to the firm's Boungou mine. At least 37 people were killed, and dozens more are missing or injured.


2019 attacks on Burkina Faso, Hantoukoura
On 1 December 2019, 14 people were killed at a Protestant church in Hantoukoura, Est Region.


2019 attacks on Burkina Faso, Arbinda
On 24 December 2019, a large group of militants on motorcycles attacked civilians and a military base in Arbinda, Soum Province, Burkina Faso. The attack and subsequent battle lasted several hours, resulting in the deaths of 35 civilians, 7 soldiers and 80 attackers. The attack was one of Burkina Faso's deadliest. A 48 hour state of mourning was declared after the attack.


2019 boycott of Japanese products in South Korea
In 2019, the boycott of Japanese products and travel began in South Korea due to trade disputes between South Korea and Japan.


2019 boycott of Japanese products in South Korea, History
In 2019, a new wave of boycotts were started in South Korea as a response to the Japan–South Korea trade dispute. People participating in the movement stopped buying Japanese products and services, travelling to Japan, and watching Japanese-made films.


2019 boycott of Japanese products in South Korea, History
Boycotts of Japanese products and services in South Korea have affected Japanese brands and tourism to Japan. On July 29, 2019, a Korean credit card company reported that credit card sales from Muji fell by 33.4%, ABC Mart sales fell by 11.4% and Daigaku Honyaku Center fell by 55.3%. Uniqlo sales dropped by 40% and the company announced it will close down its Jongno 3-ga store in central Seoul. Similarly, credit card spending from South Koreans in Japan have also declined. JTB Corporation reported that the number of Koreans visiting Japan declined by about 10%. Some South Korean airlines announced they will reduce flights or suspend direct routes between major Japanese and South Korean cities.


2019 boycott of Japanese products in South Korea, History
The boycott of Japanese products spread into the cultural sector, with the latest release of the Doraemon film series Doraemon: Nobita's Chronicle of the Moon Exploration, which was originally scheduled for release on August 14, had been postponed indefinitely even after the film's Korean dubbing was finished. In July, two other anime films, Butt Detective the Movie and Detective Conan: The Fist of Blue Sapphire, was subjected to unfavourable online reviews on internet and sold only 134,000 and 200,000 tickets respectively.


2019 boycott of Japanese products in South Korea, History
A poll conducted by Realmeter involving 504 adults reveal that, as of July 24, 62.8% of respondents say they are boycotting Japanese goods. Another poll conducted by Gallup Korea involving 1,005 adults found that only 12% held favourable views on Japan, while 77% have negative views. Likewise the poll found that 61% of respondents blame the Japanese government for the conflict, while 17% hold the South Korean government responsible.


2019 boycott of Japanese products in South Korea, History
A new poll conducted by Embrian involving 1000 adults reveal that, as of December 2, 2020, 71.8% of respondents say they are participating in boycotting Japanese goods.


2019 boycott of Japanese products in South Korea, Background
Forced labor conscription victims Woontaek Yeo and Cheonsu Shin filed an indemnification for damages lawsuit in connection with forced conscription of Japan in the Osaka District Court on December 24, 1997, however, in 2003, they ultimately lost the case in Japan. They demanded compensation and unpaid wages from both the Nippon Steel Corporation and the Japanese government.


2019 boycott of Japanese products in South Korea, Background
As a result of the loss in Japan, Woontaek Yeo and three others filed a new indemnification for damages lawsuit against the Nippon Steel Corporation at a Korean court, and on October 30, 2018, the Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea ruled in favor of the Plaintiffs. The victim compensation ruling was the cause of regulations of Japanese exports that went into effect from July 2019, and this sparked a wave of export regulations.


2019 boycott of Japanese products in South Korea, Japan's Response
As a result of the boycott of Japanese products in South Korea, sales of exports of Japanese companies have decreased 99.9% versus the same time last year, and this has caused a serious reduction in revenue of Japanese companies. On the air via an NHK broadcast, the Chief Cabinet Secretary of Japan made an official apology. Diplomatic relations between Korea and Japan have been strained, but the sentiment of South Koreans is that the response of the boycott was prudent.


2019 boycott of Japanese products in South Korea, Japan's Response
In regards to the recent spread of Korea-Japan tension, including the conscription victim compensation ruling of the Japanese government, and the strengthening of export regulations, Japan has stated "Korea is in breach of international law," and "export regulations are not related with the conscription ruling at all," and has blamed South Korea.


2019 college admissions bribery scandal
In 2019, a scandal arose over a criminal conspiracy to influence undergraduate admissions decisions at several top American universities. The investigation into the conspiracy was code named Operation Varsity Blues. The investigation and related charges were made public on March 12, 2019, by United States federal prosecutors. At least 53 people have been charged as part of the conspiracy, a number of whom pleaded guilty or agreed to plead guilty. Thirty-three parents of college applicants are accused of paying more than $25 million between 2011 and 2018 to William Rick Singer, organizer of the scheme, who used part of the money to fraudulently inflate entrance exam test scores and bribe college officials.


2019 college admissions bribery scandal
Singer controlled the two firms involved in the scheme, Key Worldwide Foundation and The Edge College & Career Network (also known as "The Key"). He pleaded guilty and cooperated with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in gathering incriminating evidence against co-conspirators. He said he unethically facilitated college admission for children in more than 750 families. Singer faces up to 65 years in prison, and a fine of $1.25 million.


2019 college admissions bribery scandal
Prosecutors in the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, led by United States Attorney Andrew Lelling, unsealed indictments and complaints for felony conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud against 50 people, including Singer, who has been "portrayed [...] as a criminal mastermind", university staff he bribed, and parents who are alleged to have used bribery and fraud to secure admission for their children to 11 universities. Among the accused parents are prominent business-people and well-known actors.


2019 college admissions bribery scandal
Those charges have a maximum term of 20 years in prison, supervised release of three years, and a $250,000 fine. One month later, 16 of the parents were also indicted by prosecutors for alleged felony conspiracy to commit money laundering. This third charge has a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, supervised release of three years, and a $500,000 fine.


2019 college admissions bribery scandal
The investigation's name, Operation Varsity Blues, comes from a 1999 film of the same name. The case is the largest of its kind to be prosecuted by the US Justice Department.


2019 college admissions bribery scandal, Discovery and charges
The FBI alleged that beginning in 2011, 33 parents of high school students conspired with other people to use bribery and other forms of fraud to illegally arrange to have their children admitted to top colleges and universities. Authorities became aware of the scheme around April 2018 when Los Angeles businessman Morrie Tobin, who was under investigation in an unrelated case for alleged pump-and-dump conspiracy and securities fraud, offered information in exchange for leniency in the previously existing, unrelated case.


2019 college admissions bribery scandal, Discovery and charges
Tobin, who attended but did not graduate from Yale, told authorities that the Yale women's soccer head coach, Rudolph "Rudy" Meredith, had asked him for $450,000 in exchange for helping his youngest daughter gain admission to the school. As part of his cooperation with the FBI, Tobin wore a recording device while talking to Meredith in a Boston hotel on April 12, 2018; Meredith subsequently agreed to cooperate with the authorities and led them to Singer. Meredith pled guilty as part of his cooperation with the prosecution.


2019 college admissions bribery scandal, Discovery and charges
Tobin has not been charged in this case, but in February 2019 he pled guilty in the unrelated securities fraud case. US sentencing guidelines, to which judges often refer when deciding sentences, call for between eight and ten years behind bars. According to The Wall Street Journal, Vanity Fair, and CBS, prosecutors are recommending 36 months of supervised release. In addition, Tobin has agreed to forfeit $4 million as part of his plea deal. Tobin was scheduled for sentencing at a hearing in June 2019, but this did not in fact take place.


2019 college admissions bribery scandal, Discovery and charges
On March 12, 2019, federal prosecutors in Boston unsealed a criminal complaint charging 50 people with conspiracy to commit felony mail fraud and honest services mail fraud in violation of Title 18 United States Code, Section 1349. Those charges have a maximum term of 20 years in prison, supervised release of three years, and a $250,000 fine. The charges were announced by Andrew Lelling, United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Eric Rosen, Justin O'Connell, Leslie Wright, and Kristen Kearney of the securities and financial fraud unit are prosecuting the case. FBI special agent Laura Smith signed the 204-page affidavit in support of the charges.


2019 college admissions bribery scandal, Discovery and charges
On April 9, 16 of the original 33 charged parents (i.e., Lori Loughlin, her husband Mossimo Giannulli, Gamal Aziz, Douglas M. Hodge, Bill McGlashan, Diane and Todd Blake, I-Hsin "Joey" Chen, Michelle Janavs, Elizabeth and Manuel Henriquez, Elisabeth Kimmel, Marci Palatella, John Wilson, Homayoun Zadeh, and Robert Zangrillo), who had not pled guilty to the original charges, were additionally charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering by federal prosecutors in Boston in a superseding indictment. The indictment added those defendants to an existing case against David Sidoo, another of the 33 parents, that was already pending before Judge Nathaniel Gorton. The indictment alleged that the parents engaged in a conspiracy to launder bribes paid to Singer "by funneling them through Singer's purported charity and his for-profit corporation." This third charge has a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, supervised release of three years, and a $500,000 fine.


2019 college admissions bribery scandal, Discovery and charges, Allegations
Court documents unsealed in March 2019 detail a scheme led by William Rick Singer, a 58-year-old resident of Newport Beach, California. Wealthy parents paid Singer to illegally arrange to have their children admitted to elite schools by bribing admissions testing officials, athletics staff, and coaches at universities. Payments were made to Key Worldwide Foundation, a nonprofit organization owned by Singer and previously granted 501(c)(3) status; that status allowed him to avoid federal income taxes on the payments, while parents could deduct their "donations" from their own personal taxes. Singer offered college counseling services as The Edge College & Career Network, a limited liability company registered in 2012, which he operated out of his home in Newport Beach.


2019 college admissions bribery scandal, Discovery and charges, Methods of fraudulent admission
Singer primarily used two fraudulent techniques to help clients' children gain admission to elite universities: cheating on college entrance exams and fabrication of elite sports credentials.


2019 college admissions bribery scandal, Discovery and charges, Methods of fraudulent admission, Cheating on college entrance exams
Singer arranged to allow clients' children to cheat on the SAT or ACT college admission tests. Singer worked with psychologists to complete the detailed paperwork required to falsely certify clients' children as having a learning disability; this in turn gave them access to accommodations, such as extra time, while taking the tests. Singer said he could obtain a falsified disability report from a psychologist for $4,000 to $5,000, and that the report could be re-used to fraudulently obtain similar benefits at the schools.


2019 college admissions bribery scandal, Discovery and charges, Methods of fraudulent admission, Cheating on college entrance exams
Once the paperwork was complete, Singer told clients to invent false travel plans to arrange to have their children's test locations moved to a test center under his control, either in West Hollywood or Houston. Parents might also be advised to fabricate a family event that could provide a pretense for the student to take the SAT, ACT, or other test at a private location where Singer could have complete control over the testing process.


2019 college admissions bribery scandal, Discovery and charges, Methods of fraudulent admission, Cheating on college entrance exams
In some cases, the student was involved directly in the fraud. In others, the fraud was kept secret from the student and corrupt proctors altered tests on their behalf after the fact. In some cases, other people posed as the students to take the tests.


2019 college admissions bribery scandal, Discovery and charges, Methods of fraudulent admission, Cheating on college entrance exams
Mark Riddell, a Harvard alumnus and college admission exam preparation director at IMG Academy, was one of the stand-in test takers who took over two dozen exams; he pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud and one count of money laundering, and agreed to cooperate with investigators. Prosecutors said he was paid $10,000 per test, and the government is seeking to recover almost $450,000 from him in forfeiture. Riddell did not have advance access to the test papers, but was described as "just a really smart guy". He could be sentenced to up to 20 years in prison, but reportedly prosecutors said that because of his cooperation they will instead likely recommend 33 months' imprisonment at his November 1 (originally July 18) sentencing hearing.


2019 college admissions bribery scandal, Discovery and charges, Methods of fraudulent admission, Cheating on college entrance exams
According to recorded phone calls, the transcripts of which were included in court filings, Singer claimed that the practice of fraudulently obtaining accommodations such as extra testing time, intended for those with bona fide learning disabilities, was widespread outside of his particular scheme:


2019 college admissions bribery scandal, Discovery and charges, Methods of fraudulent admission, Cheating on college entrance exams
Yeah, everywhere around the country. What happened is, all the wealthy families that figured out that if I get my kid tested and they get extended time, they can do better on the test. So most of these kids don't even have issues, but they're getting time. The playing field is not fair.


2019 college admissions bribery scandal, Discovery and charges, Methods of fraudulent admission, Cheating on college entrance exams
For example, Jane Buckingham was arrested on March 12, 2019, for allegedly submitting false paperwork saying her son had a learning disability, and paying $50,000 to Key Worldwide Foundation for a proctor to take the ACT on her son's behalf, scoring a 35 out of 36. The goal was entrance to the University of Southern California (USC). Portions of recorded conversations between Buckingham and a cooperating witness were included in the FBI's affidavit.


2019 college admissions bribery scandal, Discovery and charges, Methods of fraudulent admission, Fabrication of sports credentials
Singer also bribed college athletics staff and coaches. At certain colleges, these personnel can submit a certain number of sports recruit names to the admissions office, which then views those applications more favorably. Singer used his Key Worldwide Foundation as a money-laundering operation to pay coaches a bribe for labeling applicants as athletic recruits. He also fabricated profiles highlighting each applicant's purported athletic prowess. In some cases, image editing software (e.g., Photoshop) was used to insert a photograph of a student's face onto a photograph of another person participating in the sport to document purported athletic activity.


2019 college admissions bribery scandal, Discovery and charges, Methods of fraudulent admission, Fabrication of sports credentials
In one such incident, Michael Center, the men's tennis coach at the University of Texas (UT), accepted about $100,000 to designate an applicant as a recruit for the Texas Longhorns tennis team. A similar fraud occurred at Yale, where the then-head coach of the women's soccer team, Rudolph "Rudy" Meredith, allegedly accepted a $450,000 bribe to falsely identify an applicant as a recruit. USC's senior associate athletic director Donna Heinel and water polo coach Jovan Vavic allegedly received $1.3 million and $250,000, respectively, for similar frauds. They were indicted alongside former USC women's soccer coaches Ali Khosroshahin and Laura Janke.


2019 college admissions bribery scandal, Discovery and charges, Methods of fraudulent admission, Fabrication of sports credentials
Coaches at two other Pac-12 programs, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) men's soccer coach Jorge Salcedo and Stanford sailing coach John Vandemoer, have been charged with accepting bribes. Vandemoer admitted that he accepted $270,000 to classify two applicants as prospective sailors, and agreed to plead guilty to a charge of racketeering conspiracy. At Wake Forest, head volleyball coach William "Bill" Ferguson was placed on administrative leave following charges of racketeering. Former Georgetown tennis coach Gordon "Gordie" Ernst is alleged to have facilitated as many as 12 students through fraudulent means while accepting bribes of up to $950,000.


2019 college admissions bribery scandal, Discovery and charges, Methods of fraudulent admission, Fabrication of sports credentials
On March 20, 2019, the University of San Diego (USD) revealed that its former men's basketball head coach Lamont Smith allegedly accepted bribes. Hours after that revelation, Smith resigned from his position as assistant coach at the University of Texas at El Paso. Two San Diego families were accused of paying $875,000 as part of the scheme.


2019 college admissions bribery scandal, Discovery and charges, Methods of fraudulent admission, Fabrication of sports credentials
Bill McGlashan, a private equity investor, allegedly discussed using Adobe Photoshop to create a fake profile for his son as a football kicker to help him get into USC. Similarly, Marci Palatella, wife of former San Francisco 49ers player Lou Palatella, allegedly conspired with Singer to pass her son off as a long snapper recruit for USC.


2019 college admissions bribery scandal, Discovery and charges, Methods of fraudulent admission, Fabrication of sports credentials
In one of the most notable cases, actress Lori Loughlin, famous for her role on the American sitcom Full House and the drama When Calls the Heart, and her husband, fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli of Mossimo fashion, allegedly paid $500,000 in bribes to arrange to have their two daughters accepted into USC as members of the rowing team, although neither girl had participated in the sport. On March 13, 2019, media sources reported that, when news of the scandal broke, Loughlin's younger daughter was on Rick Caruso's yacht in the Bahamas with her friend, Gianna, Caruso's daughter. Caruso is the chairman of the USC Board of Trustees.


2019 college admissions bribery scandal, Discovery and charges, Methods of fraudulent admission, Fabrication of sports credentials
Singer pleaded guilty on March 12, 2019, in the U.S. District Court in Boston to four felony counts of conspiracy to commit money laundering, conspiracy to defraud the United States, and obstruction of justice for alerting a number of subjects to the investigation after he began cooperating with the government. He faces up to 65 years in prison and a fine of $1.25 million.


2019 college admissions bribery scandal, Involved parties and organizations
A total of 50 people have been charged in the investigations. This number includes 33 parents of college applicants and 11 named collegiate coaches or athletic administrators from eight universities. Three additional universities are involved, but no staff members from those schools have been directly named or implicated, believed to be Stanford, Harvard, and Northwestern.


2019 college admissions bribery scandal, Involved parties and organizations, Universities and accused personnel
The following universities, their associated athletic programs, and 11 university personnel are involved in the case:


2019 college admissions bribery scandal, Involved parties and organizations, Parents
Officials said Singer had many legitimate clients, who did not engage in any fraud. Singer cited famous clients on his Facebook page while promoting his 2014 book Getting In and, as a result of this and other public endorsements by Singer, many former clients have made statements to distance themselves and their children from any perceived involvement in the scandal.


2019 college admissions bribery scandal, Involved parties and organizations, Parents
The table below lists parents in connection with the nationwide college admissions prosecution as listed by CNN, CBS News, and People. Morrie Tobin is not included in the above total due to the fact that he is an unindicted cooperating witness supporting the prosecution's case. Fourteen of the 34 parents have, to date, agreed to plead guilty and 21 have been sentenced.


2019 college admissions bribery scandal, Responses
In response to the scandal, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the chief governing body for college sports in the United States, announced plans to review the allegations "to determine the extent to which NCAA rules may have been violated".


2019 college admissions bribery scandal, Responses
U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), of the Senate Finance Committee, plans to sponsor a bill making donations to schools taxable if the donor has children attending or applying to the college. Separately, Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Johnny Isakson (R-GA) have agreed to reintroduce 2017 legislation that imposes a fine on colleges and universities that have the smallest proportion of low-income students.


2019 college admissions bribery scandal, Responses
One of the parents who was convicted, Robert Zangrillo, was pardoned by President Donald Trump on his final day in office.


2019 college admissions bribery scandal, Responses, Extrajudicial actions
Indicted coaches were fired or suspended, or had already left the university at the time of the charges. Mark Riddell, who took tests on behalf of the students, was suspended from his position as director of college entrance exam preparation at IMG Academy and fired a week later.


2019 college admissions bribery scandal, Responses, Extrajudicial actions
On March 12, 2019, William Singer, the CEO of Edge College & Career Network who masterminded the scandal, pleaded guilty to four criminal charges involving racketeering conspiracy money laundering conspiracy, conspiracy to defraud the U.S. government and obstruction of justice. The U.S. government has not yet imposed a sentence on Singer. On March 26, 2019, Yale became the first university to rescind the admission of a student associated with the scandal. On April 2, Stanford announced they also expelled a student connected to the fraud. In June 2019, Grand Canyon University ended its relationship with Singer, who was enrolled as a student of the University's psychiatric school since November 2019.


2019 college admissions bribery scandal, Responses, Extrajudicial actions
Actress Felicity Huffman formally pleaded guilty to honest services fraud, which involved hiring someone to test SAT scores while using the name of her daughter Sophia, on May 13, 2019 and on September 13 she was sentenced to 14 days in jail, one year of supervised release, fined $30,000 and ordered to undertake 250 hours of community service. On October 15, 2019, Huffman reported to the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, California, to begin her sentence.


2019 college admissions bribery scandal, Responses, Extrajudicial actions
She was meant to be released from prison on October 27, 2019, but was released two days early because October 27 fell on a weekend. As of October 2020, when Huffman completed her full sentence, no charges have filed against Huffman's husband and Sophia's father, actor and director William H. Macy.


2019 college admissions bribery scandal, Responses, Extrajudicial actions
The Hallmark Channel cut its ties to Lori Loughlin, star of the program Garage Sale Mystery and When Calls the Heart, after she was named as a parent in the indictments. According to The Hill, Netflix decided to drop Loughlin from Fuller House as well. Her younger daughter Olivia Jade also lost her partnership with TRESemmé and the Sephora chain of beauty products.


2019 college admissions bribery scandal, Responses, Extrajudicial actions
It was reported by TMZ, Page Six, and others that Loughlin's daughters dropped out of USC due to fears of being "viciously bullied"; however, a USC spokesperson confirmed in March that they both remained enrolled at the school and in October the school's registrar stated they were no longer enrolled. According to the San Jose Mercury News, USC scheduled a hearing in March 2019 to determine if Olivia Jade should be designated a "disruptive individual", which would result in her lifetime ban from the university's campus and properties. Loughlin was found guilty and began serving a two-month prison sentence on October 30, 2020. Giannulli, who was also found guilty, began serving a five-month prison sentence on November 19, 2020.


2019 college admissions bribery scandal, Responses, Extrajudicial actions
On September 8, 2021, the scandal's first criminal trial, which saw parents John Wilson and Gamal Aziz as defendants, officially began, with jury selection commencing in a Boston federal court. This trial was centered around phony credentials which the two defendants paid to admit their children into the University of Southern California. Both men were convicted by a jury on October 8, 2021 after 10 hours of deliberation.


2019 college admissions bribery scandal, Responses, Lawsuits
Multiple lawsuits were immediately filed against universities and individuals. Three students from Tulane University, Rutgers University, and a California community college filed a complaint against Singer and the affected universities that they hope will be certified as a class-action suit. A Stanford undergraduate claimed a loss for the time and money she spent applying to schools named in the scandal, as well as the possibility that the stain on Stanford's reputation will decrease the value of her degree. A parent filed a $500 billion civil suit in San Francisco against all the indicted individuals, claiming that her son was denied admission to some schools because of other parents buying access.


2019 college admissions bribery scandal, Responses, Commentary
After the scandal broke, multiple American news sources including The Atlantic, Vox, Rolling Stone, and The New York Times characterized it as a symptom of a broken college admissions system. Alan Dershowitz, professor emeritus at Harvard Law School, said it was "the worst scandal involving elite universities in the history of the United States". Elizabeth Warren, United States Senator from Massachusetts (where all the criminal cases were filed), told news media that the scandal represented "just one more example of how the rich and powerful know how to take care of their own".


2019 college admissions bribery scandal, Responses, Commentary
Much of the news coverage attempted to explain why anyone would have been tempted by Singer's scheme. A common attribute among the defendants was that many were rich, but not ultra-rich. According to The New York Times, college admissions at certain elite American universities had become so selective that a family would have to make a minimum donation of $10 million to inspire an admission committee to take a second look at their child, and even for families of such means, there would be no guarantee of return on investment, while Singer was selling certainty.


2019 college admissions bribery scandal, Responses, Commentary
In open court, he said: "I created a guarantee." The Los Angeles Times explained that there was probably also a social signaling element at work, in that admission to an elite university based purely upon an applicant's apparent merit publicly validates both the child's innate talent and the parents' own parenting skills in a way that an admission coinciding with a sizable donation does not.


2019 college admissions bribery scandal, Responses, Commentary
In turn, others examined why certain universities had become so selective in the first place. The Atlantic pointed out that college seats are not scarce in the United States, except at a handful of universities which became selective on purpose: "[S]carcity has the added benefit of increasing an institution's prestige. The more students who apply, and the fewer students who get in, the more selective an institution becomes, and, subsequently, the more prestigious. And parents are clawing over one another to get a taste of the social capital that comes with that."


2019 college admissions bribery scandal, Responses, Commentary
Arizona State University (ASU) president Michael M. Crow described the "crisis of access to these social-status-granting institutions" as a full-blown "hysteria". It was alleged in court filings that one of the defendant parents had named ASU as a university they were specifically trying to avoid; the non-selective university has been the "butt of jokes" in American television shows for many years, as well as the 2015 film Ted 2.


2019 college admissions bribery scandal, Responses, Commentary
The inevitable result, according to Newsweek, was that the most elite institutions had created a situation in which purely meritocratic admissions had become impossible because they were already turning away too many overqualified candidates—former Harvard president Drew Gilpin Faust had once said, "we could fill our class twice over with valedictorians." It was also recognized that any workable long-term solution would need to alleviate the underlying anxiety driving the crisis, either by restructuring the college admissions process or the American labor market.


2019 college admissions bribery scandal, Responses, Commentary
HuffPost explained that such anxiety barely exists in Canada, whose four-year universities do not show such extreme disparities in selectivity and prestige, and in turn, most Canadian employers do not rigidly discriminate between job candidates based upon where they graduated. In contrast, selective American universities have evolved into gatekeepers for the highest echelons of certain socially prestigious and financially lucrative industries like law and finance.


2019 college admissions bribery scandal, Responses, Commentary
University of Oklahoma history professor Wilfred M. McClay told Newsweek: "I'm not going to pretend there isn't a difference between Harvard and Suffolk County Community College, but I think this situation where the Supreme Court is made up entirely of Harvard or Yale Law School graduates is wrong. The thing driving the current scandal seems to be that ultimately parents were willing to do anything to game the system to get their kids these advantages, not because the education was better but because the legitimation of social position would be better."


2019 college admissions bribery scandal, Responses, Commentary
Writing for The Washington Post, psychologists Jonathan Wai, Matt Brown and Christopher Chabris cited research on the predictive powers of the SAT and the doubtful value of costly SAT preparation programs, and concluded, "If the SAT were nothing but a wealth test, then Lori Loughlin, Mossimo Giannulli and other super-rich parents would not have had to cheat to get their kids into the latter two schools. In reality, they had to fake intellectual ability—the one thing they could not buy."


2019 college admissions bribery scandal, Documentaries and adaptation
In 2019, Lifetime produced and broadcast a television film about this event called The College Admissions Scandal. The film stars Penelope Ann Miller as Caroline DeVere, Mia Kirshner as Bethany Slade, and Michael Shanks as Rick Singer.


2019 college admissions bribery scandal, Documentaries and adaptation
On April 4, 2019, three weeks after Operation Varsity Blues' charges were made public, Granite Bay High School debuted Ranked, a new musical. The show, written from 2018 to 2019 by the school's drama teacher and musical director, focused on academic pressure in schools, specifically telling the story of a student whose parents were paying for his grades without his knowledge. The timing of the musical's debut in relation to the scandal was serendipitous, and earned the high school national attention. Rick Singer worked in the Granite Bay community a decade prior as a college coach for local high school students.


2019 college admissions bribery scandal, Documentaries and adaptation
In 2019, Lifetime released a movie based on the incident called The College Admissions Scandal and a documentary called Beyond the Headlines: The College Admissions Scandal with Gretchen Carlson.


2019 college admissions bribery scandal, Documentaries and adaptation
A fictionalized account of the events was in the book Admissions by Julie Buxbaum on December 1, 2020. It tells the story from the point of view of the child of a fictional actress who was charged.


2019 college admissions bribery scandal, Documentaries and adaptation
Netflix released a documentary on the subject, Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal, in 2021, mostly focusing on Singer played by Matthew Modine.


2019 cyberattacks on Sri Lanka
The 2019 cyberattacks on Sri Lanka were a series of powerful cyberattacks on at least 10 Sri Lankan domestic websites with the public domains of .lk and .com. The cyberattack is speculated to have been conducted on 18 and 19 May 2019, the day following the Vesak festival and amid the persistent temporary social media ban in the country. The website of the Kuwaiti Embassy operating in Sri Lanka was also affected by the cyberattacks. The investigations are currently carried out by Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team along with Sri Lanka Signals Corps.


2019 deaths in American television
The following deaths of notable individuals related to American television occurred in 2019.


2019 deaths in American television, Notes
Body found on this date, actual date of death unknown.


2019 deaths in the United States, January–June
Deaths in the first half of the year 2019 in the United States. For the last half of the year, see 2019 deaths in the United States, July–December.


2019 deaths in the United States, July–December
Deaths in the last half of the year 2019 in the United States. For the first half of the year, see 2019 deaths in the United States, January–June.


2019 dengue outbreak in Bangladesh
The 2019 dengue outbreak in Bangladesh is a nationwide occurrence of dengue fever in Bangladesh that began primarily in April 2019 and is still ongoing. According to Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), 14 people have died and 19,513 people have been affected as of 1 August 2019, majority of whom are children. Although other sources are reporting the death toll has already passed 50. On 1 August 2019, DGHS confirmed the outbreak affecting all districts of the country.


2019 dengue outbreak in Bangladesh
Additionally, it reported 1,712 newly infected patients in the preceding 24 hours which is also the largest number of infected people on record in a single day. According to official source, roughly 71 more people are being infected in dengue fever every hour. Dhaka is the worst-hit city in the country and the districts in Dhaka Division are among the most affected regions. Experts feared that the situation would deteriorate as a lot of people traveled from major cities to rural areas to celebrate Eid al-Adha holidays in August. The Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) expects the outbreak to continue till September 2019.


2019 dengue outbreak in Bangladesh
The Communicable Disease Control (CDC) unit of DGHS warned about the outbreak in March 2019. In January they carried out a survey in Dhaka city where they found both larva and adult Aedes mosquitoes in different parts of the city. Based on outcome of the survey, they alerted both city corporations about the possibility of an outbreak in upcoming months. As said by the CDC director Dr. Sanya Tahmina, they also started training the doctors and nurses from February considering the possibility of a future outbreak.


2019 dengue outbreak in Bangladesh
In August 2019, Bangladesh Governments withdraws all tariffs on dengue test kits imports.


2019 dengue outbreak in Bangladesh, History
Dengue fever was first observed in Bangladesh in 2000, claimed 93 deaths in that year. After 3 years the deaths have gradually decreased to almost zero. However it struck again in 2018, killed 26 and affected 10,148 people. The previous highest of affected people prior to 2018 was 6,232 in 2002.


2019 dengue outbreak in Pakistan
In Pakistan, in the summer of 2019, more than 47 people have died and more than 30,000 have been infected by Dengue fever.


2019 dengue outbreak in Pakistan
In October, Prime Minister Imran Khan took notice of the dengue outbreak in the country and sought report from the Special Assistant to Prime Minister on National Health Services Dr. Zafar Mirza.


2019 dengue outbreak in Pakistan
On 10 October 2019, a Peshawar High Court bench sent summons to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's provincial health secretary to explain the situation related to dengue outbreak in parts of the province.


2019 dengue outbreak in Pakistan
As of November 2019, record 44,000 cases were reported in the country with 67 deaths. In December the death toll risen to 91 with total number of cases on 52,485.


2019 elections in Bonaire
Elections were held in Bonaire on 20 March and 23 May 2019. These include:


2019 elections in India
The elections held in India in 2019 includes the general election, by-elections to the Lok Sabha, elections to seven state legislative assemblies and numerous other by-elections to state legislative assemblies, councils and local bodies.


2019 elections in India, General Elections
General elections were held in India in April to May 2019 to constitute the 17th Lok Sabha. The BJP-led NDA won the elections.


2019 elections in India, General Elections
The phase-wise schedule, the number of seats in each phase and their State-wise break-up:


2019 elections in India, General Elections
A.P. (all 25), Arunachal Pradesh (2), Assam (5), Bihar (4), Chhattisgarh (1) J&K (2), Maharashtra (7), Manipur (1), Meghalaya (2), Mizoram (1), Nagaland (1), Odisha (4), Sikkim (1), Telangana (17), Tripura (1), U.P. (8), Uttarkhand (5), W.B. (2), Andaman and Nicobar Islands (1), Lakshadweep (1)


2019 elections in India, General Elections
Assam (5), Bihar (5), Chhattisgarh (3), J&K (2), Karnataka (14) Maharashtra (10), Manipur (1), Odisha (5), Tamil Nadu. (all 39), Tripura (1), U.P. (8), West Bengal (3), Puducherry (1)


2019 elections in India, General Elections
Assam (4), Bihar (5), Chhattisgarh (7), Gujarat (all 26), Goa (all 2), J&K (1), Karnataka (14), Kerala (all 20), Maharashtra (14), Odisha (6), U.P. (10), West Bengal (5), Dadra and Nagar Haveli (1), Daman and Diu (1)


2019 elections in India, General Elections
Bihar (5), J&K (1), Jharkhand (3), M.P. (6), Maharashtra (17), Odisha (6), Rajasthan (13), U.P. (13), West Bengal (8)


2019 elections in India, General Elections
Bihar (5), Jharkhand (4), J&K (2), M.P. (7), Rajasthan (12), U.P. (14), West Bengal (7)


2019 elections in India, General Elections
Bihar (8), Haryana (10), Jharkhand (4), M.P. (8), U.P. (14), West Bengal (8), NCR (all 7)


2019 elections in India, General Elections
Bihar (8), Jharkhand (3), M.P. (8), Punjab (all 13), West Bengal (9), Chandigarh (1), U.P. (13), Himachal Pradesh (all 4)


2019 elections in India, Legislative assembly elections
Assembly elections of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha, Sikkim, were held simultaneously with the general elections


2019 elections in India, Legislative assembly elections
Legislative assembly elections of Haryana, Maharashtra held on 21 October 2019.


2019 elections in India, Legislative assembly elections
Legislative assembly elections of Jharkhand were held between 30 November to 20 December.


2019 elections in Saba
Elections were held in Saba on 20 March and 23 May 2019. These include:


2019 heat wave in India and Pakistan
From mid-May to mid-June 2019, India and Pakistan had a severe heat wave. It was one of the hottest and longest heat waves since the two countries began recording weather reports. The highest temperatures occurred in Churu, Rajasthan, reaching up to 50.8 °C (123.4 °F), a near record high in India, missing the record of 51.0 °C (123.8 °F) set in 2016 by a fraction of a degree. As of 12 June 2019, 32 days are classified as parts of the heatwave, making it the second longest ever recorded.


2019 heat wave in India and Pakistan
As a result of hot temperatures and inadequate preparation, more than 184 people died in the state of Bihar, with many more deaths reported in other parts of the country. In Pakistan, five infants died after extreme heat exposure.


2019 heat wave in India and Pakistan
The heat wave coincided with extreme droughts and water shortages across India and Pakistan. In mid-June, reservoirs that previously supplied Chennai ran dry, depriving millions. The water crisis was exacerbated by high temperatures and lack of preparation, causing protests and fights that sometimes led to killing and stabbing.


2019 heat wave in India and Pakistan, Background
Heat waves worldwide have become more extreme and more frequent due to human-influenced climate change and global warming. Since 2004, India and Pakistan have experienced 11 of its 15 warmest recorded years. The frequency and duration of heat waves in India and Pakistan has increased.


2019 heat wave in India and Pakistan, Background
The Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology has identified several contributing factors, including "El Niño Modoki", an irregular El Niño in which the central Pacific Ocean is warmer than the eastern part, and the loss of tree cover, which reduces shade, increasing temperatures, and reduces moisture in soil, which results in less evapotranspiration and more heat transfer into the atmosphere.


2019 heat wave in India and Pakistan, Background
In response to the growing number of deaths from heat waves, the Indian government, although not addressing the root causes, began implementing measures intended to save lives in 2013. In Ahmedabad, for example, "school days were reduced, government work programs ceased, and free water was distributed in busy areas." Public gardens were opened during the daytime so that people could seek shade. Professor of public health Parthasarathi Ganguly estimated that 800 fewer people died in 2014 as a result of these policies.


2019 heat wave in India and Pakistan, Background
In India, the rainy monsoon season typically begins on 1 June. However, in 2019, the season was delayed by seven days and began on 8 June. When it did occur, the monsoon made slow progress and only brought rains to 10–15% of the country by 19 June. Normally, two-thirds of the country would have received monsoon rains by this time. The lack of rainfall has intensified heat wave conditions and increased water scarcity.


2019 heat wave in India and Pakistan, Impact
The heat wave has caused multiple deaths and cases of illness. As of 31 May 2019, 8 deaths and 456 cases of illness due to heat were reported in Maharashtra, at least 17 deaths in Telangana, and 3 deaths and 433 cases of heat stroke in Andhra Pradesh. On 10 June 2019, three passengers were found dead on a train as it arrived in Jhansi, apparently due to the extreme heat. A fourth passenger was found in critical condition and brought to a hospital where they died of overheating. In the state of Bihar, heat-related deaths reached 184 on 18 June according to Al Jazeera, while according to Zee News the death toll was 139 on 19 June 2019.


2019 heat wave in India and Pakistan, Impact
High temperatures have broken or nearly broken records in various cities across India and Pakistan. At one point, 11 of the 15 warmest places in the world were all located in the country. On 2 June 2019, the city of Churu recorded a temperature of 50.8 °C (123.4 °F), only one-fifth of a degree Celsius short of the country's highest-ever temperature, 51 °C (124 °F) during the 2016 heat wave. On 9 June 2019, Allahabad reached 48.9 °C (120.0 °F), breaking its previous all-time record.


2019 heat wave in India and Pakistan, Impact
On 3 and 4 June 2019, the temperature in Jacobabad reached 49 °C (120 °F) making Pakistan's highest-ever temperature. On 10 June 2019, the temperature in Delhi reached 48 °C (118 °F), a new record high for the city in the month of June. On the same day, peak power usage in Delhi reached 6,686 MW, breaking all previous records. On 29 June 2019, the temperature in Islamabad and Rawalpindi reached 42 °C (108 °F).


2019 heat wave in India and Pakistan, Impact
The total number of deaths is unknown. For comparison, the 2003 European heat wave killed an estimated 35,000–70,000 people, with temperatures slightly less than in India and Pakistan. In human temperature physiology, core temperatures of 40.0 or 41.5 °C (104.0 or 106.7 °F) are said to be a fever of type hyperpyrexia, and considered a medical emergency as temperature may lead to problems including permanent brain damage, or death.


2019 heat wave in India and Pakistan, Impact, Water shortages
Droughts and water shortages have occurred in multiple states across India and Pakistan, worsening heat wave conditions. In Chennai, millions of people are without consistent access to water. A lack of rainwater and groundwater has left four of the reservoirs that supply the city completely dry. The inability to meet demand for water has forced businesses like hotels and restaurants to close. Water tankers from areas of Tamil Nadu unaffected by drought have been bringing water into some areas of the city.


2019 heat wave in India and Pakistan, Impact, Water shortages
However, government tankers can take up to a month to appear after requested, so some wealthy residents and business owners have opted to pay for costly private water tankers. The poor who live in slums do not have this option; a family in Chennai's slums may receive as little as 30 litres (7.9 US gallons) of water every day compared to an average American household which uses 1,100 litres (290 US gallons) of water a day. In Coimbatore, at least 550 people were arrested for protesting the city's government for mismanaging the water crisis.


2019 heat wave in India and Pakistan, Impact, Water shortages
Conflicts over access to water have also occurred throughout India. On 7 June, six people were stabbed in Jharkhand during a fight near a water tanker, and one man was killed in a similar fight in Tamil Nadu. In Madhya Pradesh on 5 June, a fight over water led to two men being "seriously injured", while in a separate fight a day earlier, a water tanker driver was "beaten up". In early June, fifteen monkeys were found dead in a forest in Madhya Pradesh, possibly as a result of the heat wave. Veterinarian Arun Mishra says this may have happened due to a conflict over water with a larger group of 30–35 monkeys. Mishra said this was "rare and strange" because herbivores do not usually engage in such conflicts.


2019 heat wave in India and Pakistan, Impact, Bihar encephalitis outbreak
The heat wave is a possible aggravating factor in an encephalitis outbreak in Bihar which has killed over 100 children since 1 June.


2019 heat wave in India and Pakistan, Responses
The Indian National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) had a goal for keeping heat related deaths this year to single digits. In 2018, the heat wave death toll was kept at 20 through public safety measures; for example, government workers across the country conducted awareness campaigns and distributed free water. However in 2019, the national general election took place and workers who normally issued heat wave warnings were instead performing election duties.


2019 heat wave in India and Pakistan, Responses
In early June, the Indian Meteorological Department issued a severe heat wave warning in Rajasthan and nearby areas such as Delhi. The Ministry of Health advised avoiding the sun between noon and 3 p.m. and not drinking alcohol, tea, or coffee. Meanwhile the NDMA recommended covering the head, cross-ventilating rooms, and sleeping under a slightly wet sheet.


2019 heat wave in India and Pakistan, Responses
Asphalt used for roads expectantly begins to melt at 50 °C (122 °F); therefore, on 3 June, the government of Churu poured water onto roads in order to cool them and prevent them from melting.


2019 heat wave in India and Pakistan, Responses
In response to fights over water in Madhya Pradesh, the police were deployed to guard water tankers and other sources of water from rioters, beginning 8 June.


2019 heat wave in India and Pakistan, Responses
On 17 June, the government of Gaya, a city in Bihar, imposed Section 144 to be active, which empowers an executive magistrate to prohibit an assembly of more than four persons in an area, and banned construction work and assemblies between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m.


2019 heat wave in India and Pakistan, Responses
The Pakistan Medical Association urged people to learn about the measures to avoid heat-related deaths.


2019 iHeartRadio Music Awards
The 2019 iHeartRadio Music Awards was held at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on March 14, 2019, and was broadcast live on Fox. Ariana Grande and Ella Mai are the most awarded artist with 3 each of the night. Cardi B lead the list of nominees with 14 nominations. T-Pain, who won The Masked Singer, hosted the show.


2019 iK9 Service Dog 200
The 2019 iK9 Service Dog 200 was a NASCAR Xfinity Series race held on March 9, 2019, at ISM Raceway in Avondale, Arizona. Contested over 200 laps on the one-mile (1.6 km) oval, it was the fourth race of the 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series season.


2019 iK9 Service Dog 200, Practice, First practice
Kyle Busch was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 27.289 seconds and a speed of 131.921 mph (212.306 km/h).


2019 iK9 Service Dog 200, Practice, Final practice
Austin Cindric was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 27.246 seconds and a speed of 132.129 mph (212.641 km/h).


2019 iK9 Service Dog 200, Qualifying
Christopher Bell scored the pole for the race with a time of 26.871 seconds and a speed of 133.973 mph (215.609 km/h).


2019 in 100 metres
In 2019 in the sport of athletics, the foremost 100 metres races were held at the 2019 World Athletics Championships. In the men's World Championships final the American Christian Coleman won his first world title with a time of 9.76 seconds. In the women's World Championships final Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce won her fourth world 100 m title with a time of 10.71 seconds.


2019 in 100 metres
In the 2019 Diamond League global series of meetings, American Noah Lyles won the men's final and Great Britain's Dina Asher-Smith won the women's final. Regional 100 m titles decided that year included the Universiade, African Games, Pan American Games, European Games, Asian Championships, and South American Championships. The 2019 World Para Athletics Championships featured 100 m finals in 17 men's and 15 women's categories.


2019 in 100 metres
Both World Championships winning times were the fastest recorded in the men's and women's divisions that year. No senior world or continental records in the 100 m were beaten in 2019. Significant national records set that year included Abdul Hakim Sani Brown's run of 9.97 seconds for the men's Japanese record and Dina Asher-Smith's women's British record of 10.83.


2019 in 100 metres
In the under-20 age category, Lalu Muhammad Zohri was the fastest man that year with 10.03 (a senior Indonesian record) and  Sha'Carri Richardson of the United States was the fastest under-20 woman with 10.75 (a world under-20 record and third in the senior rankings). In the under-18 category, Jamaicans Briana Williams (11.02) and Conroy Jones (10.32) were the fastest that year.


2019 in 100 metres
Coleman's world title generated some controversy as he had successfully appealed a doping ban by the United States Anti- Doping Agency that season due to his missing three tests within a twelve-month period.


2019 in Abkhazian football
The 2019 season is the 21st season of competitive association football in Abkhazia.


2019 in Abkhazian football, Men's football, Victory Cup
The results of Gagra vs Nath Aqwa and Dinamo Aqwa are unknown, but it is known that Gagra finished second.


2019 in Absolute Championship Akhmat
The year 2019 is the 7th year in the history of the Absolute Championship Akhmat, a mixed martial arts, kickboxing and Brazilian jiu-jitsu promotion based in Russia.


2019 in Absolute Championship Akhmat, ACA 2019 Awards
The following fighters won the Absolute Championship Akhmat year-end awards for 2019:


2019 in Absolute Championship Akhmat, ACA 91: Agujev vs. Silvério
Absolute Championship Akhmat 91: Agujev vs. Silvério will be a mixed martial arts event held by Absolute Championship Akhmat on January 26, 2019 at the Sports Hall Coliseum in Grozny, Russia.


2019 in Absolute Championship Akhmat, ACA 91: Agujev vs. Silvério, Background
This event featured a welterweight bout between Arbi Agujev and former UFC fighter Elias Silvério served as the event headliner.


2019 in Absolute Championship Akhmat, ACA 92: Yagshimuradov vs. Celiński
Absolute Championship Akhmat 92: Yagshimuradov vs. Celiński was a mixed martial arts event held by Absolute Championship Akhmat on February 16, 2019 at the Hala Torwar in Warsaw, Poland.


2019 in Absolute Championship Akhmat, ACA 92: Yagshimuradov vs. Celiński, Background
Marcin Held was scheduled to face Abdul-Aziz Abdulvakhabov, but Held was forced off the card on February 5 with an injury. Brian Foster served as Held's replacement.


2019 in Absolute Championship Akhmat, ACA KB 18: Battle of Tolstoy-Yurt
Absolute Championship Akhmat Kickboxing 18: Battle of Tolstoy-Yurt was a Kickboxing event held by Absolute Championship Akhmat on March 2, 2019 at the Sports Hall Coliseum in Grozny, Russia.


2019 in Absolute Championship Akhmat, ACA 93: Balaev vs. Zhamaldaev
Absolute Championship Akhmat 93: Balaev vs. Zhamaldaev was a mixed martial arts event held by Absolute Championship Akhmat on March 16, 2019 at the Sibur Arena in Saint Petersburg, Russia.


2019 in Absolute Championship Akhmat, ACA 93: Balaev vs. Zhamaldaev, Background
This event feature two title fights, first the former ACB featherweight champion Marat Balaev will face the WFCA featherweight champion Salman Zhamaldaev to determine the ACA featherweight champion as the event headliner. And the ACB bantamweight champions Rustam Kerimov and WFCA bantamweight champions Abdul-Rakhman Dudaev will collide to unify titles and determine the ACA bantamweight champion as co-headliner.


2019 in Absolute Championship Akhmat, ACA 93: Balaev vs. Zhamaldaev, Background
Timur Nagibin was set to fight with Lambert Akhiadov but he has to withdraw the day before the fight due to health issues. As a result of this, the fight was canceled.


2019 in Absolute Championship Akhmat, ACA 94: Bagov vs. Khaliev
Absolute Championship Akhmat 94: Bagov vs. Khaliev was a mixed martial arts event held by Absolute Championship Akhmat on March 30, 2019 at the Basket-Hall in Krasnodar, Russia.


2019 in Absolute Championship Akhmat, ACA 94: Bagov vs. Khaliev, Background
This event was set to feature a unification bout between the ACB lightweight champion Ali Bagov and the WFCA lightweight champion Khusein Khaliev to determine the ACA lightweight champion as the event headliner. However at the weigh-ins, Bagov weighed in at 72 kilograms, 1.75 kilograms over the lightweight limit for a title fight. Bagov was given additional time to make weight, but he refused to do so. The ACA commission explained to Bagov that because he missed weight the bout will proceed as a non-title contest. Bagov refused to fight, that forced the fight to be cancelled. He was suspended for 6 months for breach of contract.


2019 in Absolute Championship Akhmat, ACA 94: Bagov vs. Khaliev, Background
The ACB heavyweight champions Mukhumat Vakhaev was set to face WFCA heavyweight champions Evgeniy Goncharov in the co-main event for ACB/WFCA unification bout. But Vakhaev was pulled from the card due to illness, that forced the fight to be cancelled.


2019 in Absolute Championship Akhmat, ACA 94: Bagov vs. Khaliev, Background
The WFCA welterweight champion Murad Abdullaev was set to fight with the ACB welterweight champion Albert Tumenov, but Abdullaev has to withdraw due to health issues. As a result of this, the title unification fight was moved to ACA 95.


2019 in Absolute Championship Akhmat, ACA 94: Bagov vs. Khaliev, Background
Adrick Croes faced Isa Umarov at ACB 94. He replaced Nicolae Negumereanu who signed with the UFC earlier this month.


2019 in Absolute Championship Akhmat, ACA 95: Tumenov vs. Abdulaev
Absolute Championship Akhmat 95: Tumenov vs. Abdulaev was a mixed martial arts event held by Absolute Championship Akhmat on April 27, 2019 at the VTB Ice Palace in Moscow, Russia.


2019 in Absolute Championship Akhmat, ACA 95: Tumenov vs. Abdulaev, Background
Azam Gaforov was scheduled to face Yunus Evloev for the vacant ACA Flyweight Championship, but Gaforov was forced off the card on march 4 with an injury. Josiel Silva served as Gaforov replacement.


2019 in Absolute Championship Akhmat, ACA 95: Tumenov vs. Abdulaev, Background
Batraz Agnaev was scheduled to fight against Cory Hendricks but Hendricks suffered an injury during training and was forced to withdraw from the fight. Evgeniy Egemberdiev has stepped in on short notice against Agnaev.


2019 in Absolute Championship Akhmat, ACA 95: Tumenov vs. Abdulaev, Background
Rasul Mirzaev has suffered fingers injury during training and has been unable to compete, that forced his fight against Felipe Froes to be cancelled.


2019 in Absolute Championship Akhmat, ACA 95: Tumenov vs. Abdulaev, Background
Alexander Peduson was supposed to face Fatkhidin Sobirov. However, Peduson suffered an injury during training and was forced to withdraw from the fight. Cleverson Silva has stepped in on short notice against Sobirov.


2019 in Absolute Championship Akhmat, ACA 96: Goncharov vs. Johnson
Absolute Championship Akhmat 96: Goncharov vs. Johnson was a mixed martial arts event held by Absolute Championship Akhmat on June 8, 2019 at the Łódź Sport Arena in Łódź, Poland.


2019 in Absolute Championship Akhmat, ACA 98: Khazhirokov vs. Henrique
Absolute Championship Akhmat 98: Khazhirokov vs. Henrique was a mixed martial arts event held by Absolute Championship Akhmat on August 31, 2019 at the Basket-Hall in Krasnodar, Russia.


2019 in Absolute Championship Akhmat, ACA 97: Goncharov vs. Johnson 2
Absolute Championship Akhmat 97: Goncharov vs. Johnson 2 was a mixed martial arts event held by Absolute Championship Akhmat on August 31, 2019 at the Basket-Hall in Krasnodar, Russia.


2019 in Absolute Championship Akhmat, ACA 97: Goncharov vs. Johnson 2, Background
Hacran Dias was to challenge Yusuf Raisov at this event, but had to withdraw due to undisclosed reasons. He was replaced by Joao Luiz Nogueira, who stepped in on short notice for this encounter.


2019 in Absolute Championship Akhmat, ACA 97: Goncharov vs. Johnson 2, Background
Arbi Agujev was scheduled to face Bruno Santos, but Agujev was forced off the card due to undisclosed reasons. Vycheslav Babkin served as Agujev's replacement.


2019 in Absolute Championship Akhmat, ACA 97: Goncharov vs. Johnson 2, Background
A featherweight bout between Adlan Bataev and Mukhamed Kokov was previously scheduled for ACA 97. However, Kokov pulled out of the fight due to weight issues and the bout was scrapped.


2019 in Absolute Championship Akhmat, ACA 99: Bagov vs. Khaliev
Absolute Championship Akhmat 99: Bagov vs. Khaliev will be a mixed martial arts event held by Absolute Championship Akhmat on September 27, 2019 at the VTB Arena in Moscow, Russia.


2019 in Absolute Championship Akhmat, ACA 99: Bagov vs. Khaliev, Background
Frantz Slioa was expected to face Musa Khamanaev at this event. However, Khamanaev tipped the scales at 69.4 kilos at the official weigh-ins on Thursday. His bout with Slioa was subsequently canceled, per ACB.


2019 in Absolute Championship Akhmat, ACA 99: Bagov vs. Khaliev, Background
At the weigh-ins, Imanali Gamzatkhanov, Baz Mohammad Mubariz and Adam Townsend all missed weight for their respective bouts. They were fined.


2019 in Absolute Championship Akhmat, ACA 100: Zhamaldaev vs. Froes 2
Absolute Championship Akhmat 100: Zhamaldaev vs. Froes 2 will be a mixed martial arts event held by Absolute Championship Akhmat on October 4, 2019 at the Sports Hall Coliseum in Grozny, Russia.


2019 in Absolute Championship Akhmat, ACA 100: Zhamaldaev vs. Froes 2, Background
A bantamweight bout between Dileno Lopes and Khuseyn Sheikhaev was previously scheduled for this card. However, Lopes pulled out of the fight due to visa issue and the bout was scrapped.


2019 in Absolute Championship Akhmat, ACA 100: Zhamaldaev vs. Froes 2, Background
Khamzat Aushev was scheduled to face Zhorobek Teshebaev, but Aushev was forced off the card due to health issue, the bout was scrapped.


2019 in Absolute Championship Akhmat, ACA 100: Zhamaldaev vs. Froes 2, Background
Yusup Umarov  was expected to face Magomedsaygid Alibekov at this event. However, Alibekov tipped the scales at 75 kilos at the official weigh-ins on Thursday, 5 kilos overweight. His bout with Umarov was subsequently canceled, per ACA.


2019 in Absolute Championship Akhmat, ACA 101: Strus vs. Nemchinov
Absolute Championship Akhmat 101: Strus vs. Nemchinov was a mixed martial arts event held by Absolute Championship Akhmat on November 15, 2019 at the Expo XXI in Warsaw, Poland.


2019 in Absolute Championship Akhmat, ACA 101: Strus vs. Nemchinov, Background
Alexander Peduson has been forced to withdraw from his scheduled fight against Rob Emerson due to undisclosed reasons. Emerson instead faced the Brazilian Dileno Lopes, who stepped in on short notice for this encounter.


2019 in Absolute Championship Akhmat, ACA 102: Tumenov vs. Ushukov
Absolute Championship Akhmat 102: Tumenov vs. Ushukov was a mixed martial arts event held by Absolute Championship Akhmat on November 29, 2019 at the Almaty Arena in Almaty, Kazakhstan.


2019 in Absolute Championship Akhmat, ACA 102: Tumenov vs. Ushukov, Background
Augusto Mendes was supposed to face Nursultan Kasymkhanov. However, Mendes suffered an injury during training and was forced to withdraw from the fight. Aleksander Peduson has stepped in on two weeks notice against Kasymkhanov.


2019 in Absolute Championship Akhmat, ACA 102: Tumenov vs. Ushukov, Background
Evgeniy Egemberdiev was expected to face Jose Daniel Toledo at the event, but pulled out of the bout on January 11 due to a back injury. He was replaced by Almanbet Nuraly.


2019 in Absolute Championship Akhmat, ACA 103: Yagshimuradov vs. Butorin
Absolute Championship Akhmat 103: Yagshimuradov vs. Butorin will be a mixed martial arts event held by Absolute Championship Akhmat on December 14, 2019 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.


2019 in Absolute Championship Akhmat, ACA 103: Yagshimuradov vs. Butorin, Background
Hacran Dias dropped out of his fight with  Yusuf Raisov due to injury. Raimundo Batista served as Dias replacement, takes short notice fight against Raisov.


2019 in Afghanistan, Events, January
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) reported a record high 10,993 civilian casualties (3,804 deaths and 7,189 injured) in 2018, which it says represents a 5% increase in overall civilian casualties and an 11% increase in civilian deaths compared to 2017. UNAMA identified causes including a spike in suicide attacks by anti-government elements and aerial and search operations by pro-government forces (more than 500 civilians killed by aerial operations for the first time on record).


2019 in Afghanistan, Events, January
Afghanistan was considered one of the most corrupt countries on Earth in 2018, ranking 172 out of 180 countries in the Corruption Perception Index released by Transparency International. Also, according to the World Happiness Report the country was third least happy in the world, exceeded only by the Central African Republic and South Sudan.


2019 in Afghanistan, Events, February
During the last quarter of 2018, the U.S. military quietly ended Operation Iron Tempest, a series of air and artillery strikes begun in late 2017 with the goal of denying illicit drug revenues to the Taliban. According to the U.S. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, the campaign involving America's most sophisticated air attack capabilities did little to impact the illegal drug trade; Afghanistan continues record high opium production, at levels more than twice those when U.S. intervention began in 2001.


2019 in Afghanistan, Events, April
According to the government and aid organizations, the winter wheat harvest in June and July will be critical due to last year's extreme drought combined with recent flooding. Grain reserves have already been tapped, some farmers already used their seed for bread, farm infrastructure such as canals, wells, and reservoirs has been damaged, and rapid snow melt could wipe out ripe crops.


2019 in Afghanistan, Events, April
Meanwhile, according to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, civilian casualties declined in the first quarter of 2019 relative to the same period in 2018 (possibly because winter weather reduced suicide bombings), but for the first time since 2009 civilian deaths in the quarter attributed to Afghan government, U.S., and international forces exceeded those attributed to the Taliban and ISIS-K. Aerial operations caused the most civilian deaths, while insurgents caused the most civilian casualties including injuries (more from IED attacks than suicide bombings, a change in trends).


2019 in Afghanistan, Events, June
Afghanistan overtook Syria as the least peaceful country in the world, according to the Global Peace Index from the Australia-based Institute for Economics and Peace. In the past year, Afghanistan also had the largest deterioration in confidence in the local police among all nations surveyed, falling by 32 percentage points.


2019 in African music
The following is a list of events and releases that have happened or are expected to happen in 2019 in African music.


2019 in American music
The following is a list of events and releases that happened in 2019 in music in the United States.


2019 in American soccer
The 2019 season was the 107th season of competitive soccer in the United States.


2019 in American soccer, National teams, Men's, Senior
Goals are current as of November 19, 2019, after the match against  Cuba.


2019 in American soccer, National teams, Women's, Senior
Match start times CEST (UTC+2), unless noted with ET (UTC-4)


2019 in American soccer, National teams, Women's, Senior
Goals are current as of November 10, 2019, after the match against  Costa Rica.


2019 in American soccer, Club competitions, Men's, League competitions
Note: the table below has no impact on playoff qualification and is used solely for determining host of the MLS Cup, certain CCL spots, the Supporters' Shield trophy, seeding in the 2020 Canadian Championship, and 2020 MLS draft. The conference tables are the sole determinant for teams qualifying for the playoffs.


2019 in American soccer, Club competitions, Men's, League competitions
Note: The higher seeded team hosted matches, with the MLS Cup host determined by overall points. Source:


2019 in American soccer, Club competitions, Men's, League competitions
Renamed from United Soccer League (USL) after the 2018 season


2019 in American television
The following is a list of events affecting American television in 2019. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, and cancellations; channel launches, closures, and re-brandings; stations changing or adding their network affiliations; and information about controversies and carriage disputes.


2019 in American television, Television shows, Shows returning in 2019
The following shows will return with new episodes after being canceled or ended their run previously:


2019 in American television, Television shows, Entering syndication in 2019
A list of programs (current or canceled) that have accumulated enough episodes (between 65 and 100) or seasons (three or more) to be eligible for off-network syndication and/or basic cable runs.


2019 in American television network changes
The following are lists of changes to American television networks, including changes of station affiliations, that occurred in 2019.


2019 in Andorra
Events in the year 2019 in the Principality of Andorra.


2019 in Argentina
The following lists events that happened or will happen in Argentina in 2019.


2019 in Australia
The following lists events that happened during 2019 in Australia.


2019 in Australian literature
This is a list of historical events and publications of Australian literature during 2019.


2019 in Australian literature, Awards and honours
Note: these awards were presented in the year in question.


2019 in Australian television
This is a list of Australian television-related events, debuts, finales, and cancellations that are scheduled to occur in 2019, the 64th year of continuous operation of television in Australia.


2019 in Australian television, Programming changes, Changes to network affiliation
Criteria for inclusion in the following list is that Australian premiere episodes will air in Australia for the first time on a new channel. This includes when a program is moved from a free-to-air network's primary channel to a digital multi-channel, as well as when a program moves between subscription television channels – provided the preceding criteria is met. Ended television series which change networks for repeat broadcasts are not included in the list.


2019 in Australian television, Programming changes, Free-to-air premieres
This is a list of programs which made their premiere on Australian free-to-air television that had previously premiered on Australian subscription television. Programs may still air on the original subscription television network.


2019 in Australian television, Programming changes, Subscription premieres
This is a list of programs which made their debut on Australian subscription television, having previously premiered on Australian free-to-air television. Programs may still air (first or repeat) on the original free-to-air television network.


2019 in Australian television, Programming changes, Returning programs
Australian produced programs which are returning with a new season after being absent from television from the previous calendar year.


2019 in Bangladesh
2019 (MMXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2019th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 19th  year of the 3rd millennium, the 19th  year of the 21st century, and the  10th  and last year of the 2010s decade.


2019 in Bangladesh
Events of 2019 in Bangladesh. The year 2019 is the 48th year after the independence of Bangladesh. It is also the first year of the fourth term of the Government of Sheikh Hasina.


2019 in Bangladesh, Economy
Note: For the year 2019 average official exchange rate for BDT was 83.47 per US$.


2019 in Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship
The year 2019 is the 2nd year in the history of the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, a bare-knuckle fighting promotion based in Philadelphia. The season started with Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 4: USA vs Mexico. BKFC is available on PPV all over the world and on FITE TV.


2019 in Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, Background, BKFC 2019 Awards
The following fighters won the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship year-end awards for 2019:


2019 in Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, Background, Lightweight Championship Tournament Bracket
Josue Rivera never arrived at the event, allowing Reggie Barnett Jr to advance to the semifinals by Forfeit.


2019 in Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 4: USA vs Mexico
'Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 4: USA vs Mexico' was a bare-knuckle fighting event held by Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship on February 2, 2019 at the Beto Ávila Stadium in Cancun, Mexico.


2019 in Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 4: USA vs Mexico, Background
This was the first international bare-knuckle boxing event by Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC).


2019 in Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 5: Lobov vs Knight
'Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 5: Lobov vs Knight' was a bare-knuckle fighting event held by Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship on April 6, 2019 at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, USA.


2019 in Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 5: Lobov vs Knight, Background
This event featured a fight between two UFC Veterans, Artem Lobov and Jason Knight in the main event. Also featured on this card was the semi-finals of a 8-Man Lightweight Tournament.


2019 in Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 6: Malignaggi vs. Lobov
'Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 6: Malignaggi vs. Lobov' was a bare-knuckle boxing event held by Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship on June 22, 2019 at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa, USA.


2019 in Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 6: Malignaggi vs. Lobov, Background
The BKFC 6 main event was the highly anticipated bout between UFC veteran and The Ultimate Fighter 22 finalist, Artem Lobov against the former IBF junior welterweight and WBA welterweight champion, Paulie Malignaggi.


2019 in Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 6: Malignaggi vs. Lobov, Background
On the main card, the fight between Johnny Bedford and Reggie Barnett Jr. was the final in the BKFC Lightweight Tournament. The winner of this tournament was awarded the inaugural BKFC Lightweight Championship and Police Gazette Lightweight American Championship.


2019 in Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 7: Alers vs. Garcia
'Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 7: Alers vs. Garcia' was a bare-knuckle boxing event held by Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship on August 10, 2019 at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, Mississippi, USA.


2019 in Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 7: Alers vs. Garcia, Background
This fight card featured UFC veterans Jim Alers and Leonard Garcia in the main event. The co-main event featured BKFC Heavyweight Champion and Police Gazette Heavyweight American Champion Arnold Adams defending both titles against UFC veteran Chase Sherman.


2019 in Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 7: Alers vs. Garcia, Background
On the main card, Christine Ferea defended her Police Gazette Women's Featherweight American Championship against Helen Peralta in the first round of a 4-women featherweight tournament. Also announced for this tournament was the eventual cancelled bout of Corrine Laframboise vs. Sadie Ault.


2019 in Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 8: Silva vs. Gonzaga
'Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 8: Silva vs. Gonzaga' was a bare-knuckle boxing event held by Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship on October 19, 2019 at the Florida State Fairgrounds in Tampa, Florida, USA.


2019 in Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 8: Silva vs. Gonzaga, Background
The main event of BKFC 8 is set to feature both UFC veterans and former UFC heavyweight title challengers, Antônio "Bigfoot" Silva vs Gabriel Gonzaga.


2019 in Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 9: Lobov vs. Knight 2
'Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 9: Lobov vs. Knight 2' was a bare-knuckle boxing event held by Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship on November 16, 2019 at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, Mississippi, USA.


2019 in Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship 9: Lobov vs. Knight 2, Background
The card was headline by a rematch between Artem Lobov and Jason Knight. The pair previously fought at Bare Knuckle FC 5 on April 6, 2019 with Lobov winning by unanimous decision.


2019 in Belize
The following lists events in the year 2019 in Belize.


2019 in Bellator MMA
2019 in Bellator MMA is the eleventh year in the history of Bellator MMA, a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. Bellator held 27 events in 2019.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator Welterweight World Grand Prix Tournament
In 2018, Bellator organised the 2018–2019 Welterweight Grand Prix that will crown the Bellator Welterweight champion. All fights will be five rounds. If Rory MacDonald were to lose, the victor will be declared lineal champion until he loses or wins the tournament and becomes undisputed champion.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 214
Bellator 214: Fedor vs. Bader took place on January 26, 2019 at The Forum in Inglewood, California. The event aired live on Paramount Network and DAZN.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 214
This event concluded the Bellator Heavyweight World Grand Prix by awarding the winner of the main event with the Bellator Heavyweight World Championship. This belt was vacated in May 2016 by Vitaly Minakov, who had not defended the title since April 2014. Fedor Emelianenko and current Bellator Light Heavyweight World Champion Ryan Bader both advanced to the finals.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 214
A featherweight bout between elite prospects Aaron Pico and Henry Corrales was announced for the event on November 7, 2018.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 214
On November 19, 2018, it was announced that Bellator Middleweight World Champion Gegard Mousasi would be defending the title against Rafael Lovato Jr. in the co main event. However, Mousasi pulled out on December 19 due to back injury and Lovato was eventually pulled from the card.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 214
On December 3, 2018, it was announced that Bellator 214 would feature the MMA debut of former WWE World Heavyweight Champion and NCAA Division I All-American Jake Hager.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator Newcastle
Bellator Newcastle: Pitbull vs. Scope took place on February 9, 2019 at Utilita Arena in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator Newcastle
The event marked the start of Bellator's new European series.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator Newcastle
The event was headlined by a lightweight title bout between Patricky Freire and Ryan Scope.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 215
Bellator 215: Mitrione vs. Kharitonov took place on February 15, 2019 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut The event aired on Paramount Network and DAZN.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 215
The event featured a heavyweight bout between Matt Mitrione and Sergei Kharitonov in the main event.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 216
Bellator 216: MVP vs. Daley took place on February 16, 2019 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. The event aired on DAZN and Sky Sports in the UK live.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 216
The event featured a Quarter-Final round bout in the Bellator Welterweight World Grand Prix between Michael Page and Paul Daley in the main event.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 216
On January 10, 2019 it was reported that a welterweight bout between Erick Silva and Yaroslav Amosov was added to the event.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 216
The card also featured the Bellator MMA debut of former K-1, Pride and UFC fighter Mirko Cro Cop, as he faced Roy Nelson in a rematch. The pair previously fought seven-and-a-half years ago at UFC 137.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 217
Bellator 217: Gallagher vs. Graham took place on February 23, 2019 at 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland. The event aired on Paramount Network, DAZN and Sky Sports in the UK and Ireland.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 217
The event featured a bantamweight bout between James Gallagher and Steven Graham in the main event.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 218
Bellator 218: Sanchez vs. Karakhanyan 2 took place on March 22, 2019 at WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma The event aired on Paramount Network and DAZN.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 218
The event was to feature a featherweight main event bout between Emmanuel Sanchez and Ashleigh Grimshaw; However, the promotion announced that March 8 that Georgi Karakhanyan replaced Grimshaw due to undisclosed reasons. The two previous met at Bellator 170 where Sanchez won by a close decision.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 218
A Light Heavyweight bout between Christian Edwards and Roman Huerta was cancelled the day of the weigh-in. Huerta did not weigh in as he was reportedly more than five pounds heavier than Edwards.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 219
Bellator 219: Awad vs. Girtz took place on March 29, 2019 at Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, California. The event aired on Paramount Network and DAZN.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 219
The event was expected to feature a welterweight bout between Andrey Koreshkov and Lorenz Larkin. However, Larkin pulled out on March 1 due to undisclosed reasons. Koreshkov remained on the card facing Michael Jasper.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 219
A lightweight bout between Saad Awad and Brandon Girtz was announced as the new main event.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 220
Bellator 220: MacDonald vs. Fitch took place on April 27, 2019 at SAP Center in San Jose, California. The event aired live on DAZN.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 220
The event featured in the main event a Bellator Welterweight World Championship bout between the champion Rory MacDonald and Jon Fitch. The bout served as both a title defense for MacDonald and a quarter-final match in the Bellator Welterweight World Grand Prix.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 220
The event featured a Bellator Women's Flyweight World Championship bout between the champion Ilima-Lei Macfarlane and Veta Arteaga.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator Birmingham
Bellator Birmingham: Primus vs. Wilde took place on May 4, 2019 at Resorts World Arena in Birmingham, England.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator Birmingham
This is the second event in the Bellator European series.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator Birmingham
The event featured a lightweight bout between former champion Brent Primus and Tim Wilde.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 221
Bellator 221: Chandler vs. Pitbull took place on May 11, 2019 at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois. The event was aired exclusively on DAZN.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 221
The event featured a Bellator Lightweight Championship bout between the champion Michael Chandler and current Bellator Featherweight Champion Patrício Freire.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 222
Bellator 222: MacDonald vs. Gracie took place on June 14, 2019 at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York. The event aired exclusively on DAZN.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 222
The event featured a Bellator Welterweight Championship bout between the champion Rory MacDonald and Neiman Gracie. The bout served as both a title defense for MacDonald and a semi-final match in the Bellator Welterweight World Grand Prix.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 222
The event also featured a light heavyweight bout between former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Lyoto Machida and Chael Sonnen, as well as a Bellator Bantamweight Championship bout between current champ Darrion Caldwell and Kyoji Horiguchi. The bout was a rematch from the 2018 meeting between the two that took place at RIZIN 14 on New Year's Eve.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator London/Bellator 223
Bellator London/Bellator 223 took place on June 22, 2019 at SSE Arena in London, England.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator London/Bellator 223
The event marked the third event in Bellator's European series, with the Bellator London portion of the card airing on Channel 5 in the UK, including the five-round middleweight title fight between current champ Gegard Mousasi and Rafael Lovato Jr.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator London/Bellator 223
The five fights billed as Bellator 223 will take place on Paramount Network and DAZN, with the headlining bout featuring Paul Daley and Erick Silva in a welterweight contest.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator London/Bellator 223
The event featured a Bellator Middleweight World Championship bout between Gegard Mousasi and Rafael Lovato Jr.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator London/Bellator 223
Melvin Manhoef returned to action for the first time since 2017 at the event, facing England's Kent Kauppinen.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 224
Bellator 224: Budd vs. Rubin took place on July 12, 2019 at WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma. The event took place on Paramount Network and DAZN.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 224
The event featured a Bellator Women's Featherweight Championship between Julia Budd and Olga Rubin.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 225
Bellator 225: Mitrione vs. Kharitonov 2 was a mixed martial arts event that took place on August 24, 2019 at Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The event took place on Paramount Network and DAZN.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 225
This marked the second major MMA event to take place in Connecticut proper, after CES 56, rather than on tribal or reservation land, and will be overseen by the Connecticut Boxing Commission.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 225
The event featured a heavyweight rematch between Matt Mitrione and Sergei Kharitonov. The two met earlier in the year at Bellator 215 where the bout ended in a no contest 15 seconds into the bout due to an accidental groin kick.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 225
Vitaly Minakov was originally scheduled to face Javy Ayala on the card. However, the day of the event it was announced that Ayala was pulled from the fight by the Connecticut Boxing Commission due to an undisclosed medical reason; as a result Timothy Johnson moved up from a preliminary bout against Azunna Anyanwu to face Minakov in the co-main event.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 225
Bellator 225 became the first event in the organizational history where every bout ended via stoppage.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 226
Bellator 226: Bader vs. Kongo took place on September 7, 2019 at SAP Center in San Jose, California. The event took place on DAZN.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 226
The event featured the first four bouts in the Bellator Featherweight World Grand Prix.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 226
The event also featured a Bellator Heavyweight Championship bout between the champion Ryan Bader and Cheick Kongo.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator Dublin/Bellator 227
Bellator Dublin/Bellator 227 took place on September 27, 2019 at 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland. The event marked the fourth event in Bellator's European series, with the Bellator Dublin portion of the card airing on Channel 5 in the UK.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator Dublin/Bellator 227
The Bellator Dublin main event was original a bantamweight bout between James Gallagher and Cal Ellenor. However, Ellenor pulled out on September 16 due to injury. Gallagher instead fought UFC veteran Roman Salazar.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator Dublin/Bellator 227
The fights billed as Bellator 227 took place on Paramount Network and DAZN, with the headlining bout featuring former WEC and UFC Lightweight Champion Benson Henderson and Myles Jury.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator Dublin/Bellator 227
Brandon Girtz was expected to face Paul Redmond at the event. Redmond pulled out on September 4 due to injury. Girtz was instead to face Bellator newcomer Jon Tuck. The bout was canceled after Girtz pulled out due to injury.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 228
Bellator 228: Machida vs. Mousasi 2 took place on September 28, 2019 at The Forum in Inglewood, California. The event will take place on DAZN.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 228
The event was headlined by a rematch between Lyoto Machida and Gegard Mousasi. The pair previously met on February 15, 2014 in the main event at UFC Fight Night 36. Machida won the earlier bout by unanimous decision.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 228
The event also featured a Bellator Featherweight World Championship bout between the champion Patricio Freire and Juan Archuleta, a first round bout in the Bellator Featherweight World Grand Prix.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 229
Bellator 229: Koreshkov vs. Larkin took place on October 4, 2019 at Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula, California. The event took place on Paramount Network and DAZN.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 229
The event featured a welterweight bout between former Bellator Welterweight Champion Andrey Koreshkov and Lorenz Larkin.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator Milan/Bellator 230
Bellator Milan/Bellator 230 took place on October 12, 2019 at Ex Palalido (Allianz Cloud) in Milan, Italy.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator Milan/Bellator 230
The event marked the fifth event in Bellator's European series, with the Bellator Milan portion of the card airing on Channel 5 in the UK, including the light heavyweight bout between Alessio Sakara and Canaan Grigsby.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator Milan/Bellator 230
The fights billed as Bellator 230 were shown on Paramount Network and DAZN, with the headlining bout featuring former Bellator Middleweight Champion Rafael Carvalho and Vadim Nemkov.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 231
Bellator 231: Mir vs. Nelson 2 took place on October 25, 2019 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. The event took place on Paramount Network and DAZN.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 231
The event featured a heavyweight bout between former UFC Heavyweight Champion Frank Mir and Roy Nelson. The two previously met at UFC 130 where Mir won by unanimous decision.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 232
Bellator 232: MacDonald vs. Lima 2 took place on October 26, 2019 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. The event aired on DAZN.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 232
The event featured the finals of the Bellator Welterweight World Grand Prix for the Bellator Welterweight World Championship between the champion Rory MacDonald and former champion Douglas Lima. The two previously met at Bellator 192 where MacDonald won by unanimous decision to claim the championship.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 232
Vitaly Minakov was expected to face Javy Ayala at the event. Eventually, Minakov pulled out due to visa issues and the bout was cancelled.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 232
A Featherweight bout between Robin van Roosmalen and Cris Lencioni was scheduled for the main card. However, Van Roosmalen missed the featherweight limit by nine pounds and the bout was cancelled. Isaiah Chapman also came in one-quarter pound over the allotted bantamweight limit.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 233
Bellator 233: Salter vs. van Steenis took place on November 8, 2019 at WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, Oklahoma. The event  aired on Paramount Network and DAZN.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 233
The event featured a middleweight bout between John Salter and Costello van Steenis.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 233
Jason Perrotta and Robert Gidron missed weight for their respective bouts.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 234
Bellator 234: Kharitonov vs. Vassell took place on November 14, 2019 at Menora Mivtachim Arena in Tel Aviv, Israel. The event will air on November 15 via tape delay on Paramount Network and DAZN.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 234
The event featured a heavyweight bout between Sergei Kharitonov and Linton Vassell.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator London 2
Bellator London: MVP vs. Melillo was an event for Bellator MMA that took place on November 23, 2019 at The SSE Arena in London, England.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator London 2
The event was the sixth event of the Bellator European Series and second of 2019 in London. The event was to be headlined by a welterweight bout between Michael Page and Derek Anderson. However, on November 12, it was announced Anderson had pulled out of the bout due to an undisclosed injury. Page instead fought Gianni Melillo.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 235
Bellator USO Salute to the Troops: Misech vs. Perez was an event for Bellator MMA that took place on December 20, 2019 at Neal S. Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu, Hawaii. The event took place on Paramount Network and DAZN.


2019 in Bellator MMA, Bellator 235
The event was expected to feature a heavyweight bout between the former UFC Heavyweight Champion Josh Barnett and UFC veteran Ronny Markes. However, the bout was cancelled after Barnett was pulled due to illness just moments before the fight was scheduled to take place. The originally scheduled bantamweight bout between Toby Miesch and Erik Perez was bumped to the main event.